A man who with his brother "terrorised" people in Bridlington and went on the run for 18 months has avoided being sent to jail.

Richard and Marcus Lambert threatened to stab and glass strangers, urinated in a bar and shouted "Northern scum" and "Northern p*****s" on the night of October 27, 2015.

Richard Lambert, 25, who played the leading role, was jailed for three-and-a-half years in January for affray, possession of a bladed article, criminal damage, producing cannabis and failing to surrender to bail.

Marcus Lambert, 22, who was also arrested, was charged with affray and possession of a bladed article, and was bailed to an address in Northampton. But he failed to surrender to bail and a warrant for his arrest, issued on December 2, 2015, was not executed until July 7 this year.

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He has now been handed a suspended prison sentence, and been ordered to do unpaid work after appearing at Hull Crown Court over a video link from HMP Hull.

Prosecutor Phillip Evans said the brothers had "terrorised individuals in the centre of Bridlington".

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A man and his wife witnessed the start of the incident outside the Pavilion bar in Esplanade, when Richard Lambert was heard to say to three men: "Do you want a glass in your face?" They then began throwing coins at customers in the bar while shouting "Northern scum" and "Northern p*****s".

The brothers knocked glasses from the bar and as they left "urinated on the stairs leading to the exit". Mr Evans said: "They walked away laughing, their p*****s still in their hands."

The male witness was concerned his car would be damaged to went to look, but Richard Lambert returned and said: "I'm going to p*** on you, p*** in your mouth." He then said: "What are you going to do, you Down's syndrome ****?" He then spat on the man and threw a glass, which hit his wife's foot.

The brothers then threw a sign at the window, and when the door was locked and bolted against them, kicked it and shattered the glass.

The brothers were followed to a property in Ferndale Terrace, where Marcus Lambert handed his brother a knife, which Richard Lambert "waved in their air, saying 'I'm gonna get 'em. They stabbed my brother'." Marcus Lambert also armed himself with a knife.

As the mayhem continued back on the street, witnesses took refuge in the Hook and Parrot pub, as Richard Lambert "stabbed" the windscreen of a car, shattering it.

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A man running a nearby amusement arcade, who had been warned about the brothers' rampage, went to lock the door, concerned about children who were playing there, and was also threatened with being stabbed.

Police arrived and arrested the brothers.

Paul Genney, for Marcus Lambert, said: "It's difficult to mitigate behaviour like this, other than to say it has been fairly conceded by my learned friend that this defendant played a secondary role."

Marcus Lambert, of Field Rose Square, Northampton, had no previous convictions, and told a probation officer he had "never been that drunk".

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He was sentenced to two years in jail, suspended for two years, and was ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work.

Judge Simon Jack told him: "Society simply cannot tolerate behaviour like this, and you were involved in that behaviour, albeit in a secondary role, and you handed your brother a knife, which he effectively used to threaten people.

"The difference with you is that you're the younger brother, you have no previous convictions, you have never been in trouble before, and it can be said that this was completely out of character for you."